I really love the way this neck plays and sounds for leads,I just wish it had more of a full sound when strumming…I’m wondering if there are any higher end guitars that have a better combination of the two
Paultheguitarist What you are looking for is a vintage Ibanez Lonestar (they were only released during the eighties ) I have 2 of them personally; the higher end one is LITERALLY my favorite guitar of my collection! Get a higher end one; the higher end ones have the same sharkfin fretboard inlay as the "altstar" that is demonstrated in this video. (There is a lineup; The Lone star LS300, Lonestar LS 335, the Lonestar LS 510 BK, the Lonestar LS 550, and the Lonestar LS 550OWN. What you want are any one of the last 3; from Lonestar LS510 BK (which is the gem I own), or either of the last 2. If it has the sharkfin inlay and is an Ibanez Lonestar; without damage; BUY THE GUITAR!
@@Paultheguitarist Nice! I would describe the sound of the LS510 BK Lonestar (when strumming full chords) as being lush and bright; with a naturally shimmering tone that is almost "glossy", and even has some natural reverb or "echo". Imagine a beautiful priceless harp being played in a massive classical music concert hall that is totally empty... That's the closest I can describe the sound... Truly; it's nothing short of heavenly; both in feel and in sound.
Thanks for the video! Really helped me on my choice for a new acoustic. I'm an old school life long Ibanez fan back from when the Roadstar RG series first came out. This guitar will be added to my arsenal.
SO, you base your purchases upon what people you don't even know say or think? Wow! Do you only wear, eat and do things the TV set tells you to as well? You SHOULD base purchases upon YOUR OWN trial of products! GO into a REAL guitar shop, don't be afraid of the outside real world, and ask to a few of them out and see which one is really for you, BEFORE you plunk down a wad of dough based upon someone who is PAID to "brag" about it's "suggestion"! Genius!
@@user-nl9ne5gk6k Ha Ha.......I call it research and see if the product I'm going to buy meets my needs. I guess then if you see a house for example you'll just show up with a check and buy it cause it looks nice and not see if it meets your requirements?? Why would you even ask somebody such condisending question??
I'm debating on this or the fenders like rodona.... newporter.... or Malibu idk which one it was I liked but I like how they have the actual electric guitar head stock.
Do what I do whenever I'm in the mood to go buy another new (or even used) guitar, ride around on a day off and go into a LOT of different guitar shops and actually play on a bunch of different ones, in this case acoustic/electric guitars and also look at the MSRP on them, than you would really know which one you want and can afford and lots of shops tend to also sell used gear, sometimes you might find something used that fits your needs more than something new and it's probably going to be much cheaper. I've gotten quite a few vintage Ibanez models for nearly low as dirt prices that way. I've played and heard MANY good and bad Ibanez, Takamine, Fender and Dean A/E guitars and bought only the ones that I thought sounded the best to MY ears and felt great in MY hands and looked good to MY eyes, because that IS all that really matters. I have a 1972 strat that I got as a "gift" about 30 years ago and love it, I will never part with it and plan to be buried with either that one or my '84 Ibanez DT350 AKA my #1. With that said; IMHO Fenders really are so ridiculously overpriced that it makes me physically sick to look at them or even attempt to play on their new models (same with Gibson for me!), Fender IS nothing but mass produced, made in Asia junk that they SHOULD be ashamed of themselves for robbing guitarists with their prices! You ARE just paying for a chunk of wood and a name that no longer means anything, since "Fender" has been bought out and sold off a few times over their history, leaving NOBODY whom ever "invented" or designed anything good for them in their HQ anymore. And they also no longer make their parts or guitars in the USA, regardless of their "Made in the USA" marketing lies! Their "custom" shop only ASSEMBLES foreign made parts and really does NOTHING "custom" at all! That IS a FACT! Well, can you easily call them up on a phone and order a "custom" strat the way you want it in a color YOU want it in with, say, block inlays? NO! can you get one with gold hardware? NO! Can you get one with a Floyd Rose and lock nut?, instead of their crappy unlocking tremolo? OF COURSE YOU CANT! And why? Because you only get the junk they make with their meat and potatoes mass produced GARBAGE parts that they throw on EVERYTHING they make! There is nothing customizable with Fender! And for one third or even one quarter of the cheapest Fender A/E MSRP you CAN probably get a much better sound and feel from many Dean, Takamine or Ibanez models that are priced well under $1k. (Fenders lowest priced A/E is currently $999usd! A thousand dollars is NOT cheap in MY book and you CAN get more than just ONE guitar for $1k!) For around $1000, I got a Dean Tribal Performer-E with hardshell case ($389 NEW back in 2010), an Ibanez AEW20 with hardshell case ($225 NEW back in 2008) and a sweet ultra slim Takamine EG568 with Hardshell case ($400 NEW in 2012 and their prices aren't much different nowadays. And with having 3 guitars, instead of just 1 lousy Fender, I have a way more variable sound arsenal to pick and choose from for each song. As they say, "Variety IS the spice of life"! lol
@@JahMeanXBeezy he's obviously a stupid 'Merican kid who doesn't know any better. He should go watch a bunch of Benny Hill, Monty Python and Jason Statham films, than he'd learn to understand the Queen's English a bit better! BTW I'm an American, but I'm not an ignoramus. LOL
This looks very interesting. When you say it plays like an electric guitar, does it have a very light touch like an electric where you don't have to push down or pick the strings as hard as an acoustic? But does that also mean that if you press down harder on it like you would with an acoustic, the strings would sound out of tune?
What a bunch of dumb, ignoramus noob questions! Get off your arse, go visit the outside world, sad shut in, enter ANY guitar shop and GO TRY ONE OUT! Jeez, such mindless idiots on here lately!
Yeah it is hard to find videos since they are acoustic electric but most of the videos are shown with them being plugged in - so it would be nice to hear -see reviews with both. Here is one though from Ibanez that shows how it sounds (not this exact model and make but similar) ruclips.net/video/saajDXxL5WI/видео.html (Ibenez Talman TCM-50 VBS)
You cant really tell how good or bad it sounds over the internet. GO into an actual store and try one! Sad that Ibanez discontinued the original color choices and now only have an ugly trans black, blue and red. I have a few acoustic/electric models, every one has a totally different feel and sound. I own a 2010 Dean "Tribal Performer-E", it's sound is very warm and big with a very nice acoustic sound and also sounds amazing plugged in, but that is a thick body where there is room for the sound to resonate, similar to a big giant dreadnought and it looks very cool. I use D'Addario's Bronze Phosphorus strings on this one, since they sounded better on it than others I've tried. I also own a 2008 Takamine EG series ultra slim body A/E, it sounds great plugged in and while it IS loud acoustically, mostly due to the strings I use on this one, it does not have as big or warm a sound as the Dean, probably because it's only about 1-7/8 inches thick and has much less volume of internal space for the sound to build and resonate. Some claim the ultra slim EG series sounds "too thin and weak", but I don't find that to be true at all. The D'Addario's made it loud, but sounded weird, so I use Ernie Ball's Earthwound for A/E guitars and it sounds great. Which strings you use on an A/E guitar does matter. If you use strings that are strictly for acoustic guitars, it might sound loud(er), but could also sound a but muffled, or "muddy", while electric guitar strings might sound thinner and "tin-ney". Different brands and varieties of strings all differ in sound, even on the same guitar! I have a 2012 Ibanez AEW20, it sounds really good both plugged in and unplugged. I usually use the D'Addario's on it, but recently threw a set of Ernie Ball's Earthwounds on it and the sound was VERY different and I liked it. When I used the Diaddario's in it, while it was louder, it had a very weird tone with some notes and chords, the Earthwounds sound more even and balanced in tone and volume on it. They might be a couple dollars more per set, but to ME they are worth it. I won't tell you what to use, but much like the bloke in the video above, I can only suggest whats good, or tell you what good based off of MY personal experience.
Why's that? So it can peel apart in 8-10 years? I AVOID laminated garbage and stick to buying REAL guitars made out of REAL wood. The sound is so much better and durability is way better!
@@user-nl9ne5gk6k wrong laminated is a lot more durable and immune to temperature changes, solid wood does sound better but i dont care i dont seek the best sound in acoustic instruments
Prior to watching this video, it is advised by Ibanez to drink 17 expresso's, hyperventilate for 7 minutes and mainline 3 grams of meth. It assists in understanding the presenter.
And for "only" $5k you can go have that shitty overpriced laminated Taylor that doesn't sound any better than any $200 acoustic! It's not what you play on, it's HOW you play on it!
its a fucking gimmick, you wanna play electric leads get an electric. You wanna play an acoustic guitar, learn how to play guitar, aka, without a pick, with all ur fingers, three finger tremolo (aka spanish style), any beer drinker can play with a pick.
Your retarded rant makes NO sense whatsoever. You think that people shouldn't rip out on an acoustic and only on an electric? And if anyone plays an acoustic, they should know how to finger pick like Joan Baez? Grow up retardo, turn off that pop radio station and go listen to some real guitarist play! Dumb kids like you make me wanna hurl!
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I really love the way this neck plays and sounds for leads,I just wish it had more of a full sound when strumming…I’m wondering if there are any higher end guitars that have a better combination of the two
Paultheguitarist
What you are looking for is a vintage Ibanez Lonestar (they were only released during the eighties )
I have 2 of them personally; the higher end one is LITERALLY my favorite guitar of my collection!
Get a higher end one; the higher end ones have the same sharkfin fretboard inlay as the "altstar" that is demonstrated in this video.
(There is a lineup; The Lone star LS300, Lonestar LS 335, the Lonestar LS 510 BK, the Lonestar LS 550, and the Lonestar LS 550OWN.
What you want are any one of the last 3; from Lonestar LS510 BK (which is the gem I own), or either of the last 2.
If it has the sharkfin inlay and is an Ibanez Lonestar; without damage; BUY THE GUITAR!
@@brianfp8081 thank you for the info. I will be on the lookout for one!
@@Paultheguitarist Nice!
I would describe the sound of the LS510 BK Lonestar (when strumming full chords) as being lush and bright; with a naturally shimmering tone that is almost "glossy", and even has some natural reverb or "echo".
Imagine a beautiful priceless harp being played in a massive classical music concert hall that is totally empty... That's the closest I can describe the sound...
Truly; it's nothing short of heavenly; both in feel and in sound.
The perfect personality to make these videos.
Thanks for the video! Really helped me on my choice for a new acoustic. I'm an old school life long Ibanez fan back from when the Roadstar RG series first came out. This guitar will be added to my arsenal.
SO, you base your purchases upon what people you don't even know say or think? Wow! Do you only wear, eat and do things the TV set tells you to as well? You SHOULD base purchases upon YOUR OWN trial of products! GO into a REAL guitar shop, don't be afraid of the outside real world, and ask to a few of them out and see which one is really for you, BEFORE you plunk down a wad of dough based upon someone who is PAID to "brag" about it's "suggestion"! Genius!
@@user-nl9ne5gk6k Ha Ha.......I call it research and see if the product I'm going to buy meets my needs. I guess then if you see a house for example you'll just show up with a check and buy it cause it looks nice and not see if it meets your requirements?? Why would you even ask somebody such condisending question??
I'm debating on this or the fenders like rodona.... newporter.... or Malibu idk which one it was I liked but I like how they have the actual electric guitar head stock.
Do what I do whenever I'm in the mood to go buy another new (or even used) guitar, ride around on a day off and go into a LOT of different guitar shops and actually play on a bunch of different ones, in this case acoustic/electric guitars and also look at the MSRP on them, than you would really know which one you want and can afford and lots of shops tend to also sell used gear, sometimes you might find something used that fits your needs more than something new and it's probably going to be much cheaper.
I've gotten quite a few vintage Ibanez models for nearly low as dirt prices that way.
I've played and heard MANY good and bad Ibanez, Takamine, Fender and Dean A/E guitars and bought only the ones that I thought sounded the best to MY ears and felt great in MY hands and looked good to MY eyes, because that IS all that really matters.
I have a 1972 strat that I got as a "gift" about 30 years ago and love it, I will never part with it and plan to be buried with either that one or my '84 Ibanez DT350 AKA my #1.
With that said; IMHO Fenders really are so ridiculously overpriced that it makes me physically sick to look at them or even attempt to play on their new models (same with Gibson for me!), Fender IS nothing but mass produced, made in Asia junk that they SHOULD be ashamed of themselves for robbing guitarists with their prices!
You ARE just paying for a chunk of wood and a name that no longer means anything, since "Fender" has been bought out and sold off a few times over their history, leaving NOBODY whom ever "invented" or designed anything good for them in their HQ anymore.
And they also no longer make their parts or guitars in the USA, regardless of their "Made in the USA" marketing lies!
Their "custom" shop only ASSEMBLES foreign made parts and really does NOTHING "custom" at all!
That IS a FACT!
Well, can you easily call them up on a phone and order a "custom" strat the way you want it in a color YOU want it in with, say, block inlays? NO!
can you get one with gold hardware? NO!
Can you get one with a Floyd Rose and lock nut?, instead of their crappy unlocking tremolo? OF COURSE YOU CANT!
And why? Because you only get the junk they make with their meat and potatoes mass produced GARBAGE parts that they throw on EVERYTHING they make!
There is nothing customizable with Fender!
And for one third or even one quarter of the cheapest Fender A/E MSRP you CAN probably get a much better sound and feel from many Dean, Takamine or Ibanez models that are priced well under $1k.
(Fenders lowest priced A/E is currently $999usd! A thousand dollars is NOT cheap in MY book and you CAN get more than just ONE guitar for $1k!)
For around $1000, I got a Dean Tribal Performer-E with hardshell case ($389 NEW back in 2010), an Ibanez AEW20 with hardshell case ($225 NEW back in 2008) and a sweet ultra slim Takamine EG568 with Hardshell case ($400 NEW in 2012 and their prices aren't much different nowadays. And with having 3 guitars, instead of just 1 lousy Fender, I have a way more variable sound arsenal to pick and choose from for each song.
As they say, "Variety IS the spice of life"! lol
You should do a review on the Randall RG 1503 it’s like the first solid state amp i’ve ever liked
Love your Reviews!! 👊😎
Finally someone that knows how to actually play and do a review of this guitar
I surprisingly enjoyed that guitar
What kind of ampli with this guitar? Acoustic or electric??? Nice video.
Wow, would like to try that. That thin neck would be so comfy af
I want one I can play it all day and night I'm going to by it today
Buy
I have one I'm a truck driver so having this in my truck is great and wonderful and it sounds amazing
How to eliminate feedback? It doesn't have a regular guitar hole
Dagans English is really improving.
Noreplyrequired bruh he's English tf
@@JahMeanXBeezy he's obviously a stupid 'Merican kid who doesn't know any better. He should go watch a bunch of Benny Hill, Monty Python and Jason Statham films, than he'd learn to understand the Queen's English a bit better!
BTW I'm an American, but I'm not an ignoramus.
LOL
This looks very interesting. When you say it plays like an electric guitar, does it have a very light touch like an electric where you don't have to push down or pick the strings as hard as an acoustic? But does that also mean that if you press down harder on it like you would with an acoustic, the strings would sound out of tune?
What a bunch of dumb, ignoramus noob questions!
Get off your arse, go visit the outside world, sad shut in, enter ANY guitar shop and GO TRY ONE OUT!
Jeez, such mindless idiots on here lately!
Can it shred? OFC it can it has badass inlays!
Guitars DONT "shred", guitar PLAYERS shred! Silly noob!
Does this have a pickguard, cant see one..
Yes it has one it is transparent with a matte finish. You can see it when the light catches it. I just picked up the execution in blue👌
@@jocivtrance700 cool! Thanks. Happy playing..
So you’re reviewing an acoustic guitar....but only playing it plugged in and not showing clips of how it sounds as an ACOUSTIC. Wack.
Yeah it is hard to find videos since they are acoustic electric but most of the videos are shown with them being plugged in - so it would be nice to hear -see reviews with both. Here is one though from Ibanez that shows how it sounds (not this exact model and make but similar) ruclips.net/video/saajDXxL5WI/видео.html (Ibenez Talman TCM-50 VBS)
Can you tell me how you are amplifying this review and what effects are being used?
Glad you did this one I’ve been wondering about it. Looks sick but it doesn’t really sound that great unplugged
You cant really tell how good or bad it sounds over the internet. GO into an actual store and try one!
Sad that Ibanez discontinued the original color choices and now only have an ugly trans black, blue and red.
I have a few acoustic/electric models, every one has a totally different feel and sound.
I own a 2010 Dean "Tribal Performer-E", it's sound is very warm and big with a very nice acoustic sound and also sounds amazing plugged in, but that is a thick body where there is room for the sound to resonate, similar to a big giant dreadnought and it looks very cool. I use D'Addario's Bronze Phosphorus strings on this one, since they sounded better on it than others I've tried.
I also own a 2008 Takamine EG series ultra slim body A/E, it sounds great plugged in and while it IS loud acoustically, mostly due to the strings I use on this one, it does not have as big or warm a sound as the Dean, probably because it's only about 1-7/8 inches thick and has much less volume of internal space for the sound to build and resonate.
Some claim the ultra slim EG series sounds "too thin and weak", but I don't find that to be true at all.
The D'Addario's made it loud, but sounded weird, so I use Ernie Ball's Earthwound for A/E guitars and it sounds great.
Which strings you use on an A/E guitar does matter.
If you use strings that are strictly for acoustic guitars, it might sound loud(er), but could also sound a but muffled, or "muddy", while electric guitar strings might sound thinner and "tin-ney".
Different brands and varieties of strings all differ in sound, even on the same guitar!
I have a 2012 Ibanez AEW20, it sounds really good both plugged in and unplugged. I usually use the D'Addario's on it, but recently threw a set of Ernie Ball's Earthwounds on it and the sound was VERY different and I liked it.
When I used the Diaddario's in it, while it was louder, it had a very weird tone with some notes and chords, the Earthwounds sound more even and balanced in tone and volume on it.
They might be a couple dollars more per set, but to ME they are worth it.
I won't tell you what to use, but much like the bloke in the video above, I can only suggest whats good, or tell you what good based off of MY personal experience.
I was back and forth on buying one but......yeah I'm buying one.
Why? Did you actually go PLAY on one?
Great job!
i hope ibanez make new body design for this guitar
What settings and effects were you using there?
Who let russell brand review this guitar lmao
thats laminated right? i actually look for a laminated guitar
Why's that? So it can peel apart in 8-10 years?
I AVOID laminated garbage and stick to buying REAL guitars made out of REAL wood. The sound is so much better and durability is way better!
@@user-nl9ne5gk6k wrong laminated is a lot more durable and immune to temperature changes, solid wood does sound better but i dont care i dont seek the best sound in acoustic instruments
Wait how big is the guitar? Like what’s the size of the body, doesn’t look to large
i mean, at this point give it a bridge pickup and a floyd rose
Ibanez Edge *
Great little hybrid. But it needs to be plugged in.
"PMT Exclusive" LOL
Prior to watching this video, it is advised by Ibanez to drink 17 expresso's, hyperventilate for 7 minutes and mainline 3 grams of meth. It assists in understanding the presenter.
Pls play guitar EPHIPHONE LES PAUL SL
Silly NOOB! Epiphone is JUNK! Epiphone IS Gibsons retarded step child and gets treated as such!
There IS a lot of fretbuzz
"IS" a lot of! not "are".
Taylor's Acoustic Guitars are made in a way to feel like Electric Guitars.
And for "only" $5k you can go have that shitty overpriced laminated Taylor that doesn't sound any better than any $200 acoustic!
It's not what you play on, it's HOW you play on it!
@@user-nl9ne5gk6k I use KR116 Strings.
the left one is what you need to get
Prefer Talman shape
this will always be my dream guitar but its too expensive :((
One day, ‘m8
$369 isn't expensive!
Never liked how accoustics sound...
Than go get a hearing aid! One day when you grow up, you will appreciate the sound of one.
@@user-nl9ne5gk6k Calm down, Pink Floyd.
its a fucking gimmick, you wanna play electric leads get an electric. You wanna play an acoustic guitar, learn how to play guitar, aka, without a pick, with all ur fingers, three finger tremolo (aka spanish style), any beer drinker can play with a pick.
Your retarded rant makes NO sense whatsoever.
You think that people shouldn't rip out on an acoustic and only on an electric?
And if anyone plays an acoustic, they should know how to finger pick like Joan Baez?
Grow up retardo, turn off that pop radio station and go listen to some real guitarist play!
Dumb kids like you make me wanna hurl!